The event is part of the first couple’s “Performance at the White House” series of concerts which have celebrated different genres of music in America.

James Taylor is a favorite of the administration, particularly after he traveled to Paris with Secretary of State John Kerry to help smooth relations with France after Obama declined an invitation to participate in a unity rally of world leaders against terrorism.

The First Lady hosted a group of children to meet a few of the artists this afternoon to talk about the original Arts and Humanities bill signed in 1965.

“Way back in 1965, President Johnson created the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities,” she said. “And he did this because he wanted to promote the creativity that makes our nation so special and so unique.”